The Library and Archives Canada biography of John A. Macdonald as it appeared on June 4, 2021. The page contains no mention of residential schools.

So writes Patrice Dutil, in his splendid new biography, Sir John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year 1885. One of Canada’s most respected political scientists soundly refutes the corrosive, ...

After facing a barrage of criticism for keeping its outdated biography of John A. Macdonald online for so long, Library and Archives Canada quietly posted a more accurate profile last July.

The first volume of Gwyn's Macdonald bio, titled John A: The Man Who Made Us, was named one of the best Canadian books of the past 25 years by the Writers’ Trust of Canada in 2011.

John A.:The Man Who Made Us: The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald was named as the winner of the award for the best of Canadian non-fiction at a luncheon in Toronto on Monday.. Much has been ...

READ: A statue of John A. Macdonald rests in purgatory. Sir John A. is on a losing streak, and Paul thinks it won’t be long before all the statues of Canada’s first prime ministers are in storage.

It was fifth-time lucky for author Richard Gwyn, whose bestselling biography of Sir John A. Macdonald was nominated as a finalist for four other national literary awards before winning the $25,000 ...

Journalist, historian and the Star’s longtime political columnist Richard Gwyn was awarded the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Wednesday ...

After facing a barrage of criticism for keeping its outdated biography of John A. Macdonald online for so long, Library and Archives Canada quietly posted a more accurate profile last July.